The Storm of Blackbeard

A greedy pirate captain looks for an adventure for treasure, Trying to live up to her father's legacy. She is faced by many obstacles including two nosey twins. Will she get her treasure? Will an enchanted curse stop her? Will the duo annoy each other to death before the curse does?
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The Storm of Blackbeard

Submitted: June 02, 2017

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The Storm of
Blackbeard

“What a beautiful day,” said the
captain.

Captain Sheila was setting sail with her
crew.

“The word in town is that a storm is coming.” said one of the crew
members.

“Yeah, and not just any storm. The Storm of Blackbeard! The biggest
storm ever!” said another. “Legend has it that this storm devours those who steal it and give it to those who are worthy!”

“I’m not scared of any ole’ storm! We’re pirates, for goodness sake!”
Sheila continued,”We’re out to steal the treasure that Blackbeard himself couldn’t get to!”

The crew cheered and cheered as they set sail.
Meanwhile, Sheila sneaked to the bottom deck all the way to her room. Every inch of the wall was covered with paintings of chests of stolen gold or a few of the most well known pirates from the
past. The floor was made of wood and carpeted with a quilt. It was silver and so clean it was as if it was glowing. Shining and glittering so much that the captain would see spots for a little
while after. Her bed was covered with a blanket that was black with a white skull in the center. There were several tables and counters throughout the large room and each desk was covered with
maps, constellations, and compasses.

“Blackbeard.” she said as she walked up to his
painting,”They say you are the best pirate to ever be known by man. Blackbeard the Great, Blackbeard this and that. Well, now I will steal the one treasure you never could. Don’t even think about
bringing that storm on your own daughter, Dad.

“Adrian and Zelena, you have been ordered by King Oberon to find this
treasure.” said a soldier as he showed a picture of a treasure chest, ”You two will use the map on the back of this page to find it.”

“What’s in the chest?” asked Adrian.

“That information is classified. It is well-known
that you two are the best warriors in all of the kingdom. So listen to me very carefully or it will be well-known that you didn’t. You are to find this chest and bring it here. Zelena, do not look
inside. Do you understand me?” Zelena rolled her eyes as Adrian nodded. “And try to avoid the pirates. They will also be after the treasure.”

“We won’t let you down.” said Adrian. And they were
off, as their journey had just began.

“Captain, we’ve reached the spot!” said one member
of the crew of pirate

“How are you sure?” asked Sheila.

“Um… just a hunch.”

Sheila looked at the water. It was getting clearer
and clearer and at the same time to glow brighter and brighter. Soon, she saw a brown blur. It was starting to build up into a shape. A box- it must be the treasure!

“The chest! It’s the chest we’ve been looking
for!" she hollered with joy.

Immediately, the crew members jumped overboard
into the icy cold water to retrieve the chest. Once the chest was aboard, the crew members climbed up onto the ship excited and anxious to open the chest. Suddenly, a large storm cloud swallowed
up the the blueish gray sky directly above them, zapping lightning on the side of the boat.

“The storm! It’s the storm of Blackbeard! Run for
your lives!!!!” screamed a crew member as Sheila readied the emergency rowboat.”Captain we have to row to safety! If we stay any longer we’ll die!”

The captain gave an evil smirk.”That’s exactly why
I’m leaving with the treasure!” she cackled and rowed away with all the food supply.”So long, pirates! See you later. Ya know. Assuming you survive!” she laughed villainously and rowed away
farther and farther from the crew of lost pirates that she abandoned. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a wave swallowed her and the chest into an ocean of blue.

“No!” the pirates screeched. They were in a half
broken boat with no captain, no treasure, no food, no way out, and no chance of surviving the Storm of Blackbeard!

“Adrian?” asked Zelena.

“What?” replied Adrian.

“We’ve been here for hours! Where’s the
chest?!?”

“I don’t know! It’s not like the chest is just
going to appear in the water!”

“Really? Then what’s that?” Zelena challenged. She
pointed at a brown wooden box.

Adrian looked in the direction that she was
pointing at and said ,”Nevermind. I take it back. Maybe itisgoing to appear out of nowhere.”

“Stop your yapping and get it!” Zelena hissed
impatiently.

“What? Why me?” Adrian asked.

“Because, you are older.”

“We’retwins.”

“Well, you’re 44.2 seconds older. Now go get
that treasure!”

“But, my hair will get all wet! Do you know how
long it took to make my hair look like this?! I don’t just wake up looking this awesome! And if you just took my advice and did something with your hair for once, you would see my dilema! Also,
I think it’s time we talk about your clothes. I mean, come on! You wanna look like a peasant, that is fine with me but don’t come crying to me later when you lose all your friends because
you’re fashion blind. Don’t come to me because I’ll stink! Ya know why? Because, YOU MADE ME JUMP INTO THE OCEAN TO GET THAT CHEST IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! AND ANOTHER THING-” Adrian was
interrupted by a splash of water, noticing that Zelena had jumped into water in the middle of his Fashion Meltdown. “ZELENA!!!” he screamed after her but she was already heading back with
the chest.

“What? You talk too much.” Zelena said as Adrian
rolled his eyes.

“Ugh! Whatever. At least now we can go home.”
said Adrian.

“No we can’t.”

“Why not?”

“We still haven’t seen any pirates. That
soldier,Sir Snob, said that we’d have some company by now.”

“Really?”

“Weren’t you listening atall?”

“Not really. I am having a really good hair-day
and I had to make sure of that by checking my reflection in his hat.”

“Seriously?”

“I would never kid about my hair.”

“Ugh! Where’s that pirate crew?”

“I don’t know! It’s not like it”ll just appear
out of nowhere!”

“Really? Then what’s that?” Zelena said as she
pointed at a rocking figure in the distance.

“Nevermind. I take it back. Maybe itisgoing to appear out of nowhere!”

The figure was barely noticeable because it was
covered by a storm cloud, lightning, and thunder.

“Actually, onlytheywill be targeted by the storm, sincetheyare the ones who stole it.”

“Since when are you smart, or clever, or
remotely non-ideodic?”

Adrian shot her a dirty look, as if she kicked
his pet[or messed up his hair]!

“Sincealways,thank you very much!” He continued,”In factI’MSO smart ,that the chest came to ME!”

“You thinkyouare the reason we got the chest? Not in a million years! No way,
Hosea! “Nuh-uh!”

“Ya-huh!”

“Nuh-uh!”

“Ya-huh!”

“Nuh-uh!”

While they were bickering, the pirate boat
started to sink. Meanwhile, pirates started to jump

overboard and swim towards a nearby canoe.
Little did they know Zelena and Adrian, the best bounty hunters in all the land, were in it. When one of the pirates reached the canoe, he swam underwater, so they couldn’t see him. After just
a few moments, he flipped onto the rim of the canoe, landing on Adrian.

“Hey! Watch the hair!” shouted
Adrian.

The pirate reached for his sword when he
realized that Zelena had stolen it when he hadn’t been looking. Suddenly, Zelena pushed him into the water!

“Adrian, row the boat as fast as you can! I’ll
fight off these pirates.” Zelena ordered.

Adrian obeyed her demands, noticing the pirates
catching up to them. Zelena pushed and pulled the pirates off the small canoe as fast as she could but wasn’t strong enough. As the pirates kept on coming, they had started to tie up the
siblings.

“Hi, I’m Killian, the new captain of this crew.
And who exactly are you two?” asked a pirate with a thick English accent. He had wavy, black hair, a dirty, white long-sleeved shirt with a black vest and black jean-like
pants.

“Let us go!” whined Adrian.

“Sure, as soon as we get our
treasure.”

“No way! We are returning this to
King-”

“Deal,” interrupted Zelena.

The other pirates cheered and jumped in the
ocean. Killian took the chest and was about to

jump into the water with the treasure when
Zelena yanked on his vest pulling him back.

“I’ll takethat.”Adrian said as he stole the chest back from the
pirate.

Zelena pushed him into the water and rowed away
as fast as she and her brother could.

Once they reached their kingdom, they went to
the palace where King Oberon was impatiently waiting for their return.

“Hurray! You’re back with the chest! Give it to
me!”

“No, Oberon. Not until we know what’s in the
chest!” Adrian said.

“That ismybusiness,notyours!”

“Then you’ll never see this chest again.” said
Zelena turning to leave.

“Wait!” Oberon said. “Leave us.” Oberon motioned
to those who were present. They scurried away. Oberon reached into his shirt and pulled out a necklace with a key on it and handed it to Adrian.

When Adrian put the key into the lock and turned
it, he realized that it didn’t work.

“Wrong key.” he said.

“What? No! It can’t be!”

While Oberon was muttering to himself about how
this could be possible, Zelena observed the chest and saw at the bottom of it there was a picture of Blackbeard, Captain Sheila, and King Oberon around 20 years younger.

“King Oberon! You’re the brother of Sheila, the
pirate captain and the son of Blackbeard, the greatest pirate known to man! Wait, are you a pirate, too?” she asked hoping he would have no idea what she was talking about.

“That is my family, but I am not a pirate! I hid
my family tree because I don’t want others to think I’m like them. My dad, Edward Thatch, better known as Blackbeard, gave my sister, Victoria Woods, now known as Captain Sheila, a key to his
greatest treasure. But I got jealous and stole it. Sadly, he never achieved his dream and made sure nobody else could by casting this curse, which was meant to lead back to “whomever is
worthy”. I suppose my father switched the key with a fake.”

“What is in it?” Adrian asked
curiously.

“I have no idea. All I know is that the box is
indestructible and because of that I will never know what it contains.”